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Good non fiction books to follow for essay prep

Can people please enlighten us with list of books which they found useful in essay prep?
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  • My experiment with truth,
    Sarvodaya,
    Development and participation(Amartya sen), Hind swaraj,outstanding leadership(about gandhi)
  • You can read Argumentative Indian, Ramachandra Guha India after Gandhi, uncertain glory, difficulty of being good , if u want to read for essay. If u want to read some good non fiction books otherwise, do tell :)
  • @GreyMatterRules ....Yaa brother, if you can suggest some good nonfiction for UPSC(esp. Essay,socio, modern india) and also for love of reading, share with us..

    P.S.- I'm presently reading "Our moon has blood clots" and next in the line is "The country of first boys" by Sen Sir

    :)
  • 'India 2020' by APJ Abdul Kalam. Though India has come a long away since it was published in 1998, it still has the potential to affect the reader, and sow seeds of hope, as far as India's position in the world is concerned.
  • India 2016 by Ministry of Information and broadcasting :p ;)
  • Development as freedom by Amartya sen
  • edited May 2016
    1) Imagining India.
    2)Uncertain glory of India.
    3)India beyond 2020.
    4) Argumentative Indian.
    5)Getting India back on track.
    6)Development and participation.
    7)India Unbound.
    8)DIfficulty of being Good.
    9)Battles Half won.
    10)Pax Indica.
    12)Hello bastar.
    13)Anhilation of caste.
    14)India thryst with destiny.
    15) Everybody love a good drought.
  • All editorials of THE HINDU over the past year.
  • 1)our moon has blood clots by rahul pandita
    2)land of seven rivers by sanjeev sanyal
    3)getting india back on track
    4)india's tryst with destiny by arvind panagariya and j.bhagwati(a solid critique of amartya dreze communist propaganda)
    5)india shastra by tharoor
    6)my experiments with truth
    7)what young india wants and making india awesome
  • any idea how is imagining india by Nandan nilankani ?? is it worth the read from essay perspective?
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